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Giant redwoods: World’s largest trees 'thriving in UK'

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:13:54 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68518623

"Giant redwoods - the world's largest trees - are flourishing in the UK, a
study has found.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left millions disabled, including many of us with HIV—It’s time to fight for disability justice

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:11:41 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/03/27/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-left-millions-disabled-including-many-of-us-with-hiv-its-time-to-fight-for-disability-justice/>

"March marks four years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, changing
our lives forever. We know that COVID is here to stay. But that doesn’t mean we
have to accept business as usual. It’s time to acknowledge that the coronavirus

How this sleek affordable housing project in Maryland became a reality

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:00:56 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.fastcompany.com/91051161/how-this-sleek-affordable-housing-project-in-maryland-became-a-reality>

"A sleek new apartment building in a D.C. suburb doesn’t look like public
housing. There’s an onsite yoga studio, a theater room, and a pet spa for
washing your dog. If you want to work remotely, there are coworking nooks next

End of the line for corporate sovereignty

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:56:52 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/27/korporate-kangaroo-kourts/#corporate-sovereignty>

"Back in the 1950s, a new, democratically elected Iranian government
nationalized foreign oil interests. The UK and the US then backed a coup,
deposing the progressive government with one more hospitable to foreign

A dying baby, a Trump tweet: Inside network setting global right-wing agenda

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:55:56 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/inside-the-network-setting-global-right-wing-agenda/>

"Charlie Gard was just two months old when he was admitted to London’s Great
Ormond Street Hospital with breathing difficulties in October 2016. He would
remain there up until the day before his death in July 2017, when the High

Imagine 2200: Write the future

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:54:16 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/

"Grist is excited to open submissions for the fourth year of our Imagine
2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest.

In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:42:49 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html>

"For many Indigenous groups across Polynesia, whales hold an ancient sacredness
and spirit that connects all life. Whales — or tohorā, as Māori call them —
guided their ancestors across the Pacific Ocean. Today, those groups consider

Trans men enter Miss Italy pageant in droves after trans women are told they can’t compete

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:41:38 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-men-enter-miss-italy-pageant-droves-trans-women-are-told-cant-co-rcna96727>

"More than 100 transgender men have entered the Miss Italy pageant this week,
according to an activist leading a protest against recent comments by the
pageant’s organizer, who said trans women wouldn’t be allowed to compete.

Failure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:39:27 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://theconversation.com/failure-of-francis-scott-key-bridge-provides-future-engineers-a-chance-to-learn-how-to-better-protect-the-public-226795>

"The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in
Baltimore on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about just how much engineers
can do to prevent such catastrophes from occurring in the future. Here, Michael

Philanthropist group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create ‘European Yellowstone’

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:37:30 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-29/philanthropist-group-buys-up-large-tracts-of-land-in-romania-to-create-european-yellowstone.html>

"“It has to be an ambitious conservation project,” Hansjörg Wyss, one of the
world’s leading environmental philanthropists, told Christoph and Barbara
Promberger, promoters of the Foundation Conservation Carpathia, as a condition